Combined post and strengthening-bridge for cuff-buttons, &amp;c.



I No. 78,008. Patented Nov. 4, I902.

' P. H. LUNG. F BUTTONS, 8w.

COMBINED POST AND STRENGTHENING BRIDGE FOR CUF (Application filed Apr. 5. 1901.-

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UNIT- n STATES N-r- PHILIP I-l. LONG, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR. TO THE LONG AND KOCH COMPANY, OF. NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED POST AND STRENGTHENING-BRIDGE FOR CUFF-BUTTONS, dic- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,008, dated November 4, 1902.

Application filed April 5, 1901. Serial No. 54,510. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern: I head, the extreme edges a of the margins be- Be it known that I, PHILIP H. LONG, a citiing rolled or curled inwardly, as usual. A zen of the United States, residing at Newark, setting-plate b is shown soldered, as at b, in the county of Essex and State of NewJerupon the floor of the chamber a of the head,

sey, have invented certain new and useful Imas is common, although this may be dispensed provements in Cuff-Buttons or Similar Artiwith, as in Fig. 3, without affecting my incles; and I do hereby declare the following to vention, which relates more particularly to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the the post 0. invention, such as will enable others skilled Heretofore it has been usual tobutt the 10 in the art to which it appertains to make and end of the post either directly against the use the same, reference being had to the acfloor of the chamber a or against an indecompanying drawings, and to letters of referpendentstrengthening-pieceextending-across ence marked thereon, which form a part of said chamber and solderit in'place. By my this specification. improved construction, however, a'straight I5 The objects of this invention are to provide piece of wire suitable for forming the post is for cuff-buttons and similar articles a post taken and split longitudinally inward from and strengtheningbridge integrallyconnectone end, as at g in the drawings, the split ed to thus secure a lessnumber of parts, to portions or branches at 65 being at the same reduce the labor of putting the button totime pressed apartto form outwardly-curving 2o gether, to obtaina stronger construction,and feet adapted to fit against the floor of the to secure other advantages and results, some chamber a in the cuff-button or'such other of which may be referred to hereinafter in surface as it maybe desired to apply the post connection with the description of the workto. The main or entire part c of the post is ing parts. 1 then bent or curved, if required, and the post 25 Theinvention consistsin theim proved comapplied to the head of the button, with its di bined post and strengtheningbridge for cnffverging branches d 61 extending transversely buttons and similar articles and in the arthereof. Said branches or arms are preferrangements and combinations of parts of the ably of such length that theirextremities may same, all substantially as will be hereinafter be soldered to the side walls a of the head 30 set forth,and finally embraced in the clauses either to the curl a thereof, as in Figs. land of the claim. a 6, or beneath said cnr'l, as in Fig. 3. The di- Referring to the accompanying drawings, vergent curvature of the arms (1 d from the in which likeletters of referenceindicate corbody 0 of the post is such that a free open responding parts in each of the several figspace 6 is left directly beneath the bifurca- 35 ures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a link tion of the post, and on either side of said cuffbutton having my invention applied opening the lower fiat surface of the arms can thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, and be soldered to the head, as atff, Figs. Land 6. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4: is a central Obviously the arms or branches cl d, curvsection, on an enlarged scale, ofmy invention ing out from the body 0 of the post to either 40 as applied to a button; and Fig. 5 is an enside of the button-head, provide by their larged perspective view of the post asit is split form a very rigid strengthening-bridge, and

toform thestrengthening-bridge. Figs. tSand the integral connection of the post-body to 7 are views similar to Figs. 4c and 5, respecsaid arms or bridge excludes any weakness at tively, illustrating a slightlymodified 0011- that point. Moreover, the integral post and 5 struction. strengthening-bridge is more readily applied 5 In said drawings, a indicates the head or than are two independent pieces. ornamental front of a link cuff-button, said It will be noted that in my improved conhead being of ordinary construction with struction the bifurcation of the post is prodownwardly or rearwardly bent margins a duced by splitting its end against a knife- 50 forming a chamber a at the under side of the edge as opposed to sawing or otherwise dividing, and thus there is not only no loss of material or strength, but also the branches can be spread simultaneously with the splitting as it progresses.

W'here the post is to be of solid gold or other precious metal, I may cut off the body part 0 just back from the bifurcation, forming a shortened body part c, and provide thereon a reduced end h, adapted to receive and be soldered, as at h, to the correspondingly-fitted end of a tubular extension 2, which has been bored out to leave only a shell of metal. This construction is illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7.

To the opposite end of my improved post the smaller head, bean, or shoe m of a link cuff-button may be applied either by abutting and soldering when the parts are solid, as in Fig. 4, or by inserting the end of the post through an orifice in the side of the head m when the parts are hollow, as in Fig. 6. Any other kind of a head may be applied to this end of the post or said end finished in any way conforming to the nature of the article in which the post is used.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. In a cuff-button, or the like, the combination with a head a, recessed from the back, of a post comprising a single integral piece of wire having its end bifurcated and the branches curved outwardly apart, said post being arranged with its bifurcated end in the recess of the bu tton-head and extending trans versely thereaeross, the branches engaging at their ends the side walls of the recess and at their under surfaces its fioor or bottom.

2. In a cud-button, or the like, the combination with a head (1, having a rear recess or chamber, of a post 0, bifurcated at its end next said head and havingthe branches spread outwardly apart and engaging at their under surfaces the floor of the rear recess of the button-head, the ends of said branches being bent upward out of a plane tangent to both branches at their under surfaces and engaging at their extremities the side walls of the recess.

3. In a cuff-button, or the like, the combination with a head a, recessed at the back, of a solid piece of wire having one end bifurcated and the branches extending outwardly apart, said bifurcated end being arranged in the recessed button-head a, with its branches extending transversely across the same and engaging at their opposite ends the sidewalls of said recess, and theother or entire end of the wire projecting on t from said recess away from the button-head, whereby a post and strengthening-bridge in one integral piece is secured.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of April, 1901.

PHILIP H. LONG.

Witnesses CHARLES ILPELL, C. B. PITNEY. 

